"Air Astana sets different levels of tariffs for domestic routes in Kazakhstan. They depend on many factors: season, day of the week, time of the flight, and so on. In addition to the tariffs there is the fuel surcharge, which affects the final cost of the ticket. Therefore, with the decrease in the fuel surcharges, the price of tickets for domestic flights of Air Astana will also be lowered," said the PR manager of the airline Tlek Abdrakhimov.

With Air Astana being the leader of the Kazakh market is it quite likely that other airlines would follow in its steps and lower their prices as well. There is even more reason to believe that this would happen some time soon with Serik Mukhtybaev, chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) of the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan, saying lately that ticket prices in Kazakhstan would be reduced.

"Fuel is the primary component of the ticket price. Amid the general trend of lowing fuel prices, plane tickets might also become cheaper. But the question is a commercial one and not for a public authority to decide," he said.